If you put naked shots of yourself on the internet and expect any other reaction apart from people ogling your body, you’re naive.Ĭaitlin Stasey’s new website crashed when it launched on Tuesday. A website covered in photos of breasts and vaginas does little to help this cause. Getting naked on the internet only ensures that your body, rather than your brain, continues to be the focus.Īnd one of feminism’s greatest battlegrounds is trying to divert attention - particularly male attention - away from women’s bodies and onto the things they say and think. Herein lies my problem with the tack chosen by Stasey to “reclaim” the female body “without the burden of the male gaze”, by publishing numerous nude photo shoots. “I just can’t stop staring at her boobs.”
The 24-year-old wants to use her website to “reclaim the female body”.īut when I asked a female colleague to read an interview with one of the women featured on Stasey’s site, she immediately became distracted by the naked photos accompanying the piece. She has previously called out Bindi Irwin for telling women to cover up, is a big supporter of the #freethenipple campaign and frequently tweets about sex and female issues. The site features nude photos of various women, including Stasey, accompanied with interviews about sexuality, gender and body image. This week Please Like Me and former Neighbours actress Caitlin Stasey launched her feminism website (warning: NSFW).
